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Christs victory over Satan's tyranny Wherein is contained a catalogue of all Christs faithful…Christs victorie ouer Sathans tyrannie Wherin is contained a catalogue of all Christs faithfull…
Christs victory over Satan's tyranny Wherein is contained a catalogue of all Christs faithful soldiers that the Devil either by his grand captains the emperors, or by his most dearly beloved sons and heirs the popes, have most cruelly martyred for the truth. With all the poisoned doctrines wherewith that great read dragon hath made drunken the kings and inhabitants of the earth; with the confutations of them together with all his traitorous practises and designs, against all Christian princes to this day, especially against our late Queen Elizabeth of famous memory, and our most religious Sovereign Lord King James. Faithfully abstracted out of the Book of martyrs, and divers other books. By Thomas Mason preacher of Gods Word.Christs victorie ouer Sathans tyrannie Wherin is contained a catalogue of all Christs faithfull souldiers that the Diuell either by his grand captaines the emperours, or by his most deerly beloued sonnes and heyres the popes, haue most cruelly martyred for the truth. With all the poysoned doctrins wherewith that great redde dragon hath made drunken the kings and inhabitants of the earth; with the confutations of them together with all his trayterous practises and designes, against all Christian princes to this day, especially against our late Queen Elizabeth of famous memorie, and our most religious Soueraigne Lord King Iames. Faithfully abstracted out of the Book of martyrs, and diuers other books. By Thomas Mason preacher of Gods Word.
London: printed by George Eld and Ralph Blower, 1615
Book 4 › THE HISTORY OF THOMAS BECKET Arch-bishop of Canterbury.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The Cardinal commanded, at the West end of Saint Pauls Church, a high solemn Throne of great State to be prepared, rising up with a glorious Scaffold: before the Cardinal begun his Sermon, there happened a great discord betwixt the Arch-bishops of Canterbury and York, about sitting on the right hand of the glorious Cardinal: the Cardinal showed them a Bull of the Pope, in the middest of which was pictured the Cross, and Paul pictured on the right side of the Cross, and Peter on the left: saying, yet there is no contention betwixt these two, yet Saint Peter for the Prerogative of his Keys, and for the Preeminence of his Apostle-ship, and Cathedral Dignity, seemeth most worthy to be placed on the right side, and from that time forth, the Arch-Bishop of Canterbury hath enjoyed the Dignity and Preeminence of the •ight hand.
The Cardinall commaunded, at the West end of Saint Paules Church, a high solemne Throne of great State to bee prepared, rising vp with a glorious Scaffold: before the Cardinall begunne his Sermon, there happened a great discord betwixt the Arch-byshops of Canterbury and Yorke, about sitting on the right hand of the glorious Cardinall: the Cardinall shewed them a Bull of the Pope, in the middest of which was pictured the Crosse, and Paule pictured on the right side of the Crosse, and Peter on the left: saying, yet there is no contention betwixt these two, yet Saint Peter for the Prerogatiue of his Keyes, and for the Preheminence of his Apostle-ship, and Cathedrall Dignitie, séemeth most worthy to be placed on the right side, and from that time foorth, the Arch-Byshop of Canterbury hath enioyed the Dignity and Pr•heminence of the •ight hand.
The Cardinal, sitting like a God in the middest betwixt them, made his Sermon upon these words; In the middest of the Seat, and round about, were four Beasts, full of eyes behind and before. He compared them about him to the four Beasts, declaring how they ought to have eyes before and behind; that is, they must be careful and provident, as well in disposing secular things, as wise and circumspect in spiritual matters, contriving, and joining wisely things past with things to come. And this was the greatest effect of his Clerkly Sermon.